Chaport versus Chatwoot

Founded in 2014, US-based Chaport has since become a live chat provider with a range of options and features to enhance customer support. They have set out to make communication with customers as easy and enjoyable as chatting with friends. By prioritizing user experience, Chaport seeks to enhance customer satisfaction and build stronger relationships between businesses and their customers.

The Chaport chatwidget determines the language of a visitor and automatically switches to their native language. Chaport currently supports 35 languages.

Chatwoot is a Free Open Source Software and SaaS live chat platform. You can choose to have your live chat hosted by them or opt for self-hosting. The installation process of a self-hosted live chat has been simplified with their one-click install guides for cloud providers like AWS, DigitalOcean, and Heroku or with deployment options like Docker, Linux VM (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), or the Chatwoot CTL.

Open Source

Chatwoot’s Community Edition is published under the MIT license. You can find SDK implementations, review the code or contribute to the projects in the Chatwoot repository. The Enterprise Edition is available under a proprietary license. You can still audit the source code. However, modification is not allowed.